Supply-holder for school-desks.



.I. G. LENHART & C. F. RISTINE.

SUPFLY HOLDER FOR SCHOOL DESKS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-27, 1913.

iwf/@29743. Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

JOI-IAN G. LEN'I'IARIl AND CHARLES F. RISTINE, OF BELLINGHAIVI, WASHINGTON.

Application filed September 27, 1913.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that we, JOHAN G. LENHART and CHARLES F. Ris'rrNE, citizens of the United States. residing at Bellingham, in the county of `Whatcom and State of Washington, have'invented new and useful 11nprovements in Slipply-IIolders for School- Desks, of which the following is a specifi-v cation.

This invention relates to supply holders for school desks or the like for holding supplies, such as pencils, pens, sponges or the like; and it has for its p rimary object the provision of an article of this character which may be applied to any well known form of school desk and arranged thereon so that the supplies are readily accessible when needed.

A further object ot' the invention is the provision of a supply holder which may be stamped up from a single piece of sheet metal and arranged at the corners with rolled edges of adjacent walls so as to form closed continuous joints whereby to prevent leakage. l

A still further object of the invention is the provisionof a supply holder that may be washed when desired and maintained in a highly sanitary condition.

With these and other objects in View, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and-arrange ment of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a desk, showing lthe application of the supply holder thereto; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which the holder is constructed; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the holder; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section therethrough.

The holder is constructed of a single blank of sheet material stamped to provide a bottom 1, a front wall 2, connecting end walls 3 and an attaching back wall 4:, the latter being extended above the plane oi the open end of the receptacle and provided at suitable points with openings 5 by means of which fastening devices (S may be eX- tended through said back wall and securely engaged in the adjacent body 6 of the desk Specification of Letters Patent.

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Serial No. 792,176.

7 herein conventionally illustrated. The upper edges of the walls i and 3 are rolled throughout their length, as at 8, while at the ends all of the walls are extended beyond the rolled portions, and as illustrated the extended portions ot' the front wall 2 are curved forwardly, as at 9 and then outwardly at 10 and crimped with and securely pressed into locking engagement with similar portions l1 of the end walls 3. The rear wall 1 is provided with rear\\'ardlyextend ing portions 12 and terminals 13 that are interfolded with corresponding portions 14 at the opposite vertical ends ot' the walls 3. ln this manner all of the vertical joints at the points of connection with the various walls with lach other are connected in a way which will render the holder liquidtight at the joints and prevent leakage. lVhen the end walls 3 are interlocked with the front and back walls, the flange 8 formed on the front wall 2 is then bent downwardly in a position as shown in Fig. 1, the opposite ends of the fiange engaging, the portions 14 ot' the end walls to prevent them from be coming disengaged from the rolled edges of the front wall, whereby it will be locked in holder formation.

By connecting the various walls of the receptacle as described the use of solder or other permanent tastenings may be entirely eliminated and at the same time the corners and vertical edges of the receptacle are made smooth so as to prevent the parts from injuring the hands while the receptacle is in use.

From the foregoing description,l taken in connection with the accompanyirg drawings, the construction and'operation of "the invention will be readily understood 'without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is A receptacle constructed from a single blank of metal and comprising bottom, side and end Walls, the side and end walls having their vertical edges rolled and interfolded In testimony whereof we affix our signawith each other, the' longitudinal edges of tures in presence of two Witnesses. the side walls being provided with flanges,

JOHAN G. LENHAR. sind flanges lylnor contiguous to the outer faces of the sideb Wallsthe opposite vends CHARLES F RISTINE' of the flanges engaging the rolled edges of Witnesses:

the end Walls whereby the side und end walls Vieron I. BRADWAY,

will be locked together. J. S. TRUI'rr. 

